PITTSBURGH — The Steelers added depth to the safety position today by signing free agent safety Ryan Clark to a multi-year contract. Financial terms of the four-year deal were not released.

Clark, who will enter his fifth season in the NFL in 2006, finished this past season with 72 tackles for the Washington Redskins, which was fourth on the team. He also posted his first two career interceptions and added his first career forced fumble. In 2004, Clark tallied a career-high 91 tackles, including 65 solo.

Clark has started 27 games in his four-year career. The New York Giants originally signed him as an un-drafted free agent in 2002. He spent six games in 2002 on the Giants 53-man roster before finishing the season on the practice squad. He then played in all 16 games with the Giants the following year before signing with the Redskins on the first day of training camp in 2004.